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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the opening of Act 2, Scene One, what is the mayor handing out to the townsfolk?
(a) Bread.
(b) Corn.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Beans.

2. When Brand enters the fjord, why does the Mayor ask Brand for money?
(a) Because the town is in the middle of a long famine.
(b) Because a hurricane has destroyed the town.
(c) Because the Mayor wants to build a new lodge.
(d) Because Brand looks wealthy.

3. Brand's mother sends news that she has offered half of her fortune to God. Brand still refuses to go see her. What is Brand's mother's second offering?
(a) 9/10ths.
(b) All.
(c) 7/8ths.
(d) 3/4ths.

4. What promise does Agnes tell Brand he has failed to keep regarding their life?
(a) Brand said he would leave her until his mother dies.
(b) That she would become a noble of the land if she married him.
(c) They are poor and Brand said that they would be wealthly.
(d) He said their life would be one of woe and she is actually living a happy life.

5. What do readers find out Brand's mother did to his father while he lay on his deathbed?
(a) Searched for his money.
(b) Nothing-she was never by his side.
(c) Suffocated him with a pillow.
(d) Poisoned him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Brand's mother angry at and scared for Brand?

2. When Brand sees the valley for the first time, what does Brand realize about the land he has just entered?

3. What does Brand tell the Mayor is his cause in life?

4. Upon Brand's arrival to the valley, where are all of the town's folk going to?

5. What does the peasant's son fear they will encounter if they continue on their journey?

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